The California Citizens Compensation Commission took no formal action during its first meeting of the year. It will reconvene June 13 to decide whether it will impose a pay cut, restore pay or maintain the status quo.

The commission's chairman, Thomas Dalzell, said he would be surprised if there are enough votes on the seven-member panel for an increase.

"Reading these commissioners, I think it would be unseemly to increase the first year out on a surplus," he said.

State finance department figures show tax revenue is running nearly 9 percent above forecast as of February, or about $4.7 billion more than anticipated. Still, Dalzell said the economy remains volatile and that pay increases for elected officials are not a priority for taxpayers.

The commission voted to cut salaries in 2009, 2011 and last year, when it reduced elected officials' pay by 5 percent, effective last December. The last reduction dropped the governor's pay from a high of $212,179 in 2008 to $165,288.

The base salary for state lawmakers has dropped from $116,208 five years ago to $90,526. Most of them supplement that by taking per diem payments, which typically add about $30,000 a year to their salaries.

In 2011, the commission also voted to eliminate state-owned vehicles for lawmakers' unlimited use. Until then, California was the only state in the nation providing vehicles to its rank-and-file lawmakers.

The panel had been dominated by appointees of former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican who declined to take a state paycheck, but a majority will be appointed by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown once the last vacancy is filled.